Dimension Precision

Rich O Brien · 9 Nov 2009, 15:47

Is this what you mean?

rafaagard · 9 Nov 2009, 15:51

which are all the same precision in fact. So to me, the problem is not that I couldn't set up any unit to decimal but that I cannot go more precise (while in my SU workflow I use exactly one decimal more precision).
Yes, that is the problem I am having because I work with inches at a precision of (.001). I was hoping that i just wasn't looking in the right place for setting up the precision. Is there a way to set up your own dimension style tray? so that you could then set what precision you want to be applied to the units. Or is the problem simply that LayOut Does not recognize the precision that I am asking for?

Gaieus · 9 Nov 2009, 16:06

Yes, that's exactly why I work with 3 decimals of centimetres (which is even smaller) in SU although out in the field, we don't use this kind of precision of course.

@Rich - yes, that can be set in SU but not in LO for centimetres.

And Ross, probably this is why you can get two decimal precision for inches but three decimal only for feet (like me in the metric system).

rafaagard · 9 Nov 2009, 16:12

It is not that I work with parts that are .001" by .001" in size but many times I have to specify dimensions that are precise to .001. see the attatched example

rafaagard · 9 Nov 2009, 16:17

So... is there a solution or do I have to wait for the next LayOut version?

Gaieus · 9 Nov 2009, 16:32

Well, it seems that there is this kind of limitation in LO at the moment and there's no way to create custom precision either.

Whether there will be more choices in a future release, depends on the developers - and probably the pressure users are trying to put on them.

Maybe a feature request would do...

rafaagard · 9 Nov 2009, 17:24

Where is a good place to put in a feature request?

Gaieus · 9 Nov 2009, 17:38

I have already put it at a good place.

There was the "Product ideas" page but submission time is over already.

bjanzen · 10 Nov 2009, 22:07

We've mentioned as well: you can edit dimensions, so while it's painful and portrays more accuracy than you're actually measuring, you can double click on the text of a dimension and add the extra digit.

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Gaieus · 12 Nov 2009, 09:48

Ah yes, Barry, that's what Sandra told me, too, as a workaround for the current situation (I didn't dare to come back with it here though...)